Who Am I?

I served in the US Navy from 2002-08; four of those years were as a Nuclear Propulsion Operator aboard an aircraft carrier. I engage in political activism in various Democratic circles when I am able to. I have a cat, and I am an uncle.

All opinions that I express are my own and do not reflect the views of any organization that I represent.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Tuesday
was Veterans' Day and it has come and gone with the usual fanfare of parades
and tributes.

If
this is your first time visiting my corner of the Internet, a brief piece about
my background. I served in the United States Navy from 2002-08. I was a nuclear
mechanical operator stationed aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) from 2004-08. I
did a deployment to the Persian Gulf in 2005. Upon my return to the states, I
was in the Virginia shipyards for the remainder of my brief Navy career. During
my time in Virginia, I played a role in assisting the ship during Reactor
Complex Overhaul (RCOH) where we took out the two nuclear reactors and replaced
them with two brand new ones along with performing other critical maintenance
that extended the life of the ship for another quarter of a century.

I
am passionate about Veterans issues ranging from ensuring that our benefits are
honored and finding ways to improve upon them to my small efforts to help
repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and that ALL military families are
recognized to ensuring that we continue a responsible drawdown from Afghanistan
and make sure that we use our military and other instruments of foreign policy
responsibly.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

I
have been VERY busy of late blockwalking for Senator Mark Udall, US House
candidate Andrew Romanoff in Colorado's 6th congressional district, and a state
house candidate for The Lege General Assembly. I have also done phone banking
to get out the vote for the Colorado Democrats.

Monday, November 3, 2014

This
post was previously
used in the run up to the 2012
Elections. Kennedy's message on voting was recorded days after the Cuban
Missile Crisis. Election Day 1962 fell on the same day that it did in 2012.

I
have altered Kennedy's quote just SLIGHTLY to reflect when election day is this
year.

"In
these tense and anxious weeks, I know that every American citizen wants to know
what we can do for his country. Not everyone can serve in our armed forces or
serve our government, but there is one thing you can do. There is one way you can
indicate your devotion to freedom. There is one way in which we can show how
strongly we believe in our democracy. Tuesday, (November 4, 2014), is Election Day. I hope every American
will turn out and vote -- every American, every member of his family -- and
show the world how strongly we believe in freedom, how strongly we believe in
our country, how strongly we believe in democracy."